Kyla Hassan

With rent payments due, travel costs rising and the Christmas pay check disappearing in a matter of hours, many Kingston University students are heading into January scraping every last penny they’ve got. Reality strikes when they realise there’s a daunting six-week gap until their next pay check, making the post-Christmas period one of the most financially challenging times of the academic year.


In response to this struggle, some students are deciding to quit vaping – not just for health rea...

When we all saw Alan Carr ‘murder’ his best friend Paloma Faith on the BBC show Celebrity Traitors, viewers were shaken to their core. Not just because it was such an unexpected move, but because it unfortunately reminded me of something painfully familiar: the feeling of being betrayed by a best friend.


As I watched it unfold, I couldn’t help but think of the more minor, everyday betrayals that haunt student life, like your flatmate stealing your cheese that you literally wrote your name on,...

Just a few years ago, the idea of a computer having the ability to write songs, or even DJing on your night out, sounded as if it was straight from a Black Mirror episode. But today, it’s our new reality. When you open Spotify, you’re greeted with ‘DJ X’ – an AI voice that supposedly curates playlists based on what you usually listen to, and what it thinks you’d like. It transitions tracks just like a real DJ and even speaks like a real person.


Meanwhile, Deezer also reported that they receiv...

Run by the married couple, Ashlesha (Ash) and Siddharth, and their friend Jaspreet, Chai Nashta goes way back to a long-held dream. Ash explains, “Chai Nashta was always a dream of ours to open, but we just never knew when to do it…one day we all decided to take that leap and were so happy we did.”


 I mean with the luring smell of freshly buttered Vada Pav as you walk past, I’m glad they took that leap too.



From the moment I walked in, I was welcomed with warm smiles and immediately show...